As defined at Wikipedia.org, a dissertation or thesisis a document submitted in support of candidature for a degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings. Yet, on the field of IT we usually don't call it a thesis, but rather a Project Study.

When you are taking up IT related course (computer science, information technology, information management, computer programming, etc) you'd most likely need to undergo on a Project Study, lucky enough if you'll do it by group. At first, you'd surely won't have an idea where to start, specifically if your kind professor is so lazy doing the discussions about your project. And so here's what we've got that hopefully would guide you on your project smoothly.

Just a note before you proceed. You really need to consider the time given to you. Time is really Gold, and Time is mana.

After you have enrolled your Project Study, the first thing that you need to do is to create an outline of your project, which will be approved by your Colloquium Professor. Most likely you need to write the following on your Project Study(PS) Outline:

Don't be too worried about those stuff yet, most likely you'll need to have an adviser that would guide and help you to accomplished your project. Be choosy in selecting your adviser, picking the wrong one might give you another year for your course. Pick the one whose familiar with the study that you'll be working on.

In almost every document, the title is one of the most important part of the your Project Study. The title gives the readers an idea about the project that you're working on. One important rule is that you need to be very specific on your Title. Your objective is to let the readers have a quick idea about your study just by reading your title. You may consider reading more about this at http://www.essaytown.com/writing/thesis-title or http://www.ehow.com/how_5719041_make-good-thesis-title.html

Some common topics that you may consider:

Faculty Evaluation System

Enrollment System

Human Resource Information System

Voting System

Inventory System

Payroll System

Computer Aided Instruction

Examination System

Here are some useful links that you may consider for you to have an idea on the tiltle that you'll be working on.

This part is usually long, and would really require you time. What you need on this part is to strengthen and make your study credible with the aid of studies and literature's that supports your study. You may need another chapter to justify your study, so called as the Review of Related Literature.

Writing your BOS entails much work on the process of information collection. You sources may come from the Internet, Journals, Articles, Essay etc. Be sure that they are credible and is published within the past 10 years. To make your Background of the Study efficient, you need to cover the different scope or perspective: Global, National, Regional and Local.

Statement of the Problem

On this part you need to identify the problems that you need to address on your study. Below are examples of usual problems that you need to address:

What are the existing processes...

What are the problems encountered ....

What features will be incorporated.....

What security measures and control measures can be adopted.....

Scope of the Study(SOS)

On this part you need to address the main purpose of your study. The things that you'll cover an won't cover.
The scope defines the research scope and design of your project in different aspects like subjects, objectives, resources, effort, special requirements, users or collaborators, time frame, and issues to which the research is focused. You may use some of the following phrases to express your scope:
The study will cover...
The study will focus on...
The study will consider the…
The study will be designed…
The study will be conducted to...
The study will make use of…
The study will converge on...

Delimitations are restrictions/bounds that you need to impose prior to the beginning of your study to limit or narrow down the scope or range of your study.

Some common phrases that you may use to address your scope are the following:
The study will be limited…
The study will not cover…
The researcher/proponent will limit this study to…

You may also consider reading : < a href=”http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project/HA011424721033.aspx” title=”Write a Scope Statement”>Write a Scope Statement

Methodology/Method
You need to choose the proper methodology for your study. As describe by Wikipedia a software development methodology or system development methodology in software engineering is a framework that is used to structure, plan, and control the process of developing an information system.
Each of the available methodologies is best suited to specific kinds of projects, based on various technical, organizational, project and team considerations.
Some examples of methodologies are the following:

Agile Model Driven Development (AMDD)

Dynamic System Development Method (DSDM)

Feature-Driven Development (FDD)

Rational Unified Process (RUP)

Scrum

and more...

Don't worry will have a separate post for this methodologies for you to have a better understanding.

Data Gathering Instruments
Data Gathering is a crucial stage of your study, wherein there are different methods or techniques that you may use to gather the data that you need.
Data Gathering Techniques:

Questionnaires

Interviews

Observation

Document Analysis

You may consider reading this site to have a more vivid understanding on the above techniques: http://brent.tvu.ac.uk/dissguide/hm1u3/hm1u3text3.htm